{"id":465,"date":"2010-09-04T20:34:24","date_gmt":"2010-09-05T00:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottaaronson.blog\/?p=465"},"modified":"2010-09-04T20:34:24","modified_gmt":"2010-09-05T00:34:24","slug":"possibly-the-best-thing-ever-to-happen-to-my-inbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottaaronson.blog\/?p=465","title":{"rendered":"Possibly the best thing ever to happen to my inbox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a quick (but important) announcement: theorist-extraordinaire and friend-since-back-in-undergrad Ryan Williams reports that the <a href=\"http:\/\/cstheory.stackexchange.com\/\">Theoretical Computer Science Stack Exchange<\/a> website is now up in beta!\u00a0 What is this TCS Stack Exchange?\u00a0 It&#8217;s a place where you can post your questions about theoretical computer science and get informed answers to them&#8212;intended as the homegrown CS theory analogue of the wildly-successful <a href=\"http:\/\/mathoverflow.net\/\">Math Overflow<\/a> site.\u00a0 From an initial perusal, the TCSSE looks awesome.\u00a0 Indeed, the only small suggestion I can make is to propose a motto:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The TCS Stack Exchange.\u00a0 Exponentially better than emailing Scott Aaronson.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"red\"><strong>Update (Sep. 10):<\/strong><\/font> While I&#8217;m on the topic of announcements, the early registration deadline for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egr.unlv.edu\/~larmore\/FOCS\/focs2010\/\">FOCS&#8217;2010<\/a> in Las Vegas is September 30.\u00a0 Hope to see many of you there!<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"red\"><strong>Another Update (Sep. 14):<\/strong><\/font> There&#8217;s now a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.almaden.ibm.com\/cs\/disciplines\/pm\/#PvNPtalk\">beautiful talk<\/a> by Ken Clarkson, Ron Fagin, and Ryan Williams looking back on the Deolalikar affair and explaining the problems with the proof, which I recommend in the strongest terms to anyone who followed this story.\u00a0 (And yes, I think &#8220;looking back&#8221; 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